The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 2, 1971 Page: 10 of 14
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"Overactive" intramural athletics gets early deadline
by MIKE ROSS
The deadline for entering
your intramural football team
in this fall's competition is
Tuesday, September the 7th at
4 pm. Women's volleyball en-
tries close on September 18th.
Mr. Barker, the coordinator of
men's intramurals said that
Rice's intramural athletic pro-
gram is so active that this
early deadline is necessary.
Last year 32 teams competed
in football, before Lovett'a
Bang Gang bested them all in
an upset-strewn campaign. To
enter, get a team together, at
least six players, and have a
captain submit the player list
to the Health and Physical Ed-
Intramural Calendar For Men 1971-72
All tournamnents will be OPEN unless otherwise designated.
Entries close at 4:00 p.m. on clays listed below.
Sept. 7 Touch Football (followed by College Consolation).
Sept. 13 Tennis Singles and Doubles
Oct. 16 Basketball (followed by College Consolation), Hand-
ball Singles—Novice and Regular, Badminton Singles,
Table Tennis Singles and Doubles
Dec. 11 Handball Doubles—Novice and Regular, Volleyball
(followed by College Consolation), Badminton Doubles,
Squash.
Feb. 19 Softball (followed by College Consolation), Tennis
Singles and Doubles, Tennis Mixed Doubles, Volley-
wallball.
March 4 Badminton Mixed Doubles, Paddleball.
Marcr 15 College Swimming Meet.
April 15 College Track and Field Meet
April 27 Spring Picnii for Intramural Champions.
College Handball, Rifle, Tennis and other Tournaments
to be arranged as the schedule permits.
Intramural Calendar For Women 1971-72
Tournaments will be OPEN unless otherwise designated
Entries close at 4:00 p.m. on days listed below.
18 Volleyball (Followed by College Consolation)
2 Badminton (Singles and Doubles)
23 Volley-wall-ball (Followed by College Consolation),
Table Tennis Singles and Doubles
15 Basketball (Followed by College Consolation)
1 College Tennis (Singles and Doubles), Tennis Mixed
Doubles, College Softball, Archery, Badminton Mixed
Doubles.
March 15 Swimming Meet
ARpril 15 Track and Field Meet
7 Spring Picnic for Intramural Champions
College Handball, Rifle, Tennis and other Tournaments
to be arranged as the schedule permits.
All
Sept.
Oct.
Oct.
Jan.
March
April
ucation office, located on the
second floor of the gym. A 50tf
per player entrance fee is re-
quired for each team, payable
at the H&PE office. Of this,
25<£ is used for the cost of
equipment, referees and the an-
nual Intramural Champions'
Barbecue. The remaining 25tf
serves as a deposit, and is re-
funded if your team plays all
of its games. Each player
should indicate a playing day
preference to his captain, so
taht he can choose a day to
play when he enters the team
that most will be able to play
on. Weekday games start at
4:30, and make-up and one
league usually play on Satur-
day afternoon.
Copies of the schedule and
rules are sent to each captain
shortly after entering and he
is expected to inform the team
of playing times and the rules.
Each team may include only
two players who are receiving,
or have received at any time,
athletic scholarship aid at Rice.
All players must wear shoes,
and while players may wear
rubber cleated (soccer-style)
shoes, metal spiked shoes are
prohibited. Protective or pad-
ded clothing must be approved
by the game officials.
Rice uses touch football rules,
and the blockers must keep
their feet, eliminating diving
blocks.
Teams will be divided into
three divisions this year:
Freshman, Regular and Grad-
uate. These divisions will be
further broken down into
leagues, which play on the same
day. These leagues play a
round-robin tournament, with
the various league champions
playing each other to determine
the overall champion.
College Sports Chairmen are:
Baker — John Scott Butler;
Brown — Helen Waldorf; Hans-
zen — Mike O'Brien; Jones —
Brenda Walker; Lovett — Ed
Barnum; Richardson — Rick
Grider; Wiess — Steve Hold-
er; Will Rice — Tom Probst.
The procedures for entering
the women's intramural events
are the same as for the men.
Pert Janet Jo Robbins orga-
nizes the women's events, while
trying to overcome several un-
fortunate difficulties. First, she
has to schedule the events
around the more numerous
men's events. Scheduling of the
small gym for men's and
woman's events is very tight.
"It's a long way to walk to the
gym from the women's col-
leges," Miss Robt>ins lamented.
She also finds a lack of en-
thusiasm in intramurals among
many girls. Rice men might
easily contend that there are
just too few women at Rice
to support a large intramural
program. Obviously a few more
women's colleges, or a few co-
ed ones, and a more spacious
gym would certainly cure many
ills, but Miss Robbins is putting
together quite an extensive
program with the present lim-
itations.
Volleyball is the first event,
with entries closing on Septem-
ber 18th. Nine-girl teams will
compete in league play, followed
by spirited College competition.
Get your teams together and
start practicing. Push the bas-
ketballers out of the small gym.
For the more dedicated and
talented woman jock, there is
the growing extramural pro-
gram, administered by Miss
Eva Jean Lee, with the help of
Miss Robbins in basketball.
This program is similar to
men's intercollegiate competi-
tion and Rice is a member of
the Texas Commission on In-
tercollegiate Activities for
Women. There are seven dis-
tricts in Texas, and competi-
tion is restricted to schools in
this district. While practice
games out of district are per-
mitted, Rice teams seldom ven-
ture further, mostly for finan-
cial reasons.
The first sport this year will
be volleyball, with meetings
starting sometime during the
week of September 7th. Con-
tact Miss Lee if you are inter-
ested. Practice sessions are set
to meet the team members'
schedules, and will be decided
at the meetings.
If the intramural program
is not extensive enough for you,
you might want to join a Sport
Club, which will be the sub-
ject of a subsequent article.
You also have the option of
getting a group together and
asking Mr. Barker, or Miss
Robbins to sanction it as in-
tramural competition. Soccer,
Mixed Doubles Ping Pong and
Field Hockey are a few sports
that come to mind quickly
which are not part of our in-
tramural schedule. Fast-pitch
softball divisions could be re-
instated if enough skillful pit-
chers stir up interest among
other players. Make sugges-
tions to Mr. Barker, Miss Rob-
bins, or your own P.E. teacher.
Above all, don't just sit on your
ass and get fat. Rise above
sedentary weeniedom and have
fun and exercise in the exten-
sive Rice Intramurals.
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Freed, DeBow. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 2, 1971, newspaper, September 2, 1971; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245108/m1/10/?rotate=90: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.